Training Runs and Track Workouts

TCRC members organize weekend training runs of different distances and paces throughout the year. The TCRC and the Confluence Running Store are also working together to promote running in the community. The Confluence Running Store sponsors frequent training runs, with a regular Thursday evening run, and other road and trail runs. The TCRC and Confluence Running Store runs welcome members, non-members and newcomers.
For current information on training runs, check out these links:
TCRC Facebook Page and
Confluence Running Store on Facebook or web site Confluence Running Store.

TCRC Track Meets

The 2014 Wednesday Track Meets will be held in July and August at Chenango Valley High School, Binghamton, NY, with registration at 5:30 and meet starting at 6:00 PM. Normal events are: open mile, 800 meters, 400 meters, 3000 meters on the track. More details

Weekend Morning Group Runs

The TCRC is sponsoring training runs open to all at no charge. Routes of various distances from 5 miles up to 15 or more miles have been mapped out. Informal groups will be running at different paces and different distances. During hot weather, water stops will be available on the course. The starting location and start time (usually between 7 AM and 8 AM) may change from week to week. The runs are held on most Sundays during the calendar year. For more information on dates and starting location, see the
TCRC Facebook Page

BU nature preserve - some nice trails of varying lengths. There is
a 5k course that the cross country team uses that is non-technical along with
some steeper, rockier, more rooty stuff. Some good climbs with great views. There is a large map/sign at one of the trail heads.

Oakley Corners State Forest - Eastern Tioga County, with some nice trails. Maps at the trail head. A nice mix of flats and hills, non-tech and tech trails.

Chenango Valley State Park - a variety of nice trails from a flat 3 mile out and and 3 mile back tow path along the river, to carriage paths, to single track, hills, tech and non tech sections. If you get there before 8 a.m. there is no charge to enter the park (they charge from Memorial Day to Labor Day, free otherwise). You can also purchase an Empire Pass for the season or park outside the park and run in.

The Glen, formerly the IBM Glen, now owned by Waterman Conservation Education Center (thanks to Alan and Barbara Jones) - located off Robinson Hill Road in the Town of Union. Directions and trail maps at the Waterman site.

Jones Park in Vestal (State Line Road, east of Route 26). It's easy to get lost and little if any cell phone coverage. Some grassy, some woody trails, lots of up and down. More on Jones Park from Message Number 1054 -
"It has some great trails, and a map kiosk, but it has no
bathroom facilities or water fountains. I was so engrossed in the
challenging terrain and beauty of the area, that I ended up running
for over an hour and a half. For me, that long on the roads would have
gotten a little monotonous and exhausting, but on the trails it was
rejuvenating."

Other Information: There are trail maps at Chenango Point Cycles for Chenango Valley State Park, among others. Their interest is mountain biking but there is overlap. The Finger Lakes Runners Club is very active in trail running. The FLRC website has links to trail maps and running routes. The FLRC also offers a number of trail runs/races of varying distances.